<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:15:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@pathforger/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Pro-Assange/ Wikileaks Banner Asset]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seeking a mildly intelligent sounding pro-Assange message to use on social media? The bottom part in grayscale is not my work - but fits well. Feel free to use and adapt as required. On a different note]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@pathforger/a-pro-assange-wikileaks-banner-asset</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@pathforger/a-pro-assange-wikileaks-banner-asset</guid><category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pathforger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:36:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPEe35zmwa2W9UR3RQj1aHk6mbHKgKfJ6N5Ech1R44yK2KGpVPZ5Mbi4uYHQF68J1HAYEa6YFgJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still Entangled in Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source "I ultimately want to stop being a loser." It was the one thing that I managed to write in this space almost two months ago - and as I open a new post thinking very similar thoughts -]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@pathforger/still-entangled-in-failure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@pathforger/still-entangled-in-failure</guid><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pathforger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 07:02:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgskq595B4DtEaiRqGZdCcNU8Qpx1iWANTJDiBkdWQXtyN5DdZxB2DdJLEYAhtsioehsq2dxuPCVnd89Jngv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Path of the Bastard Beckons.]]></title><description><![CDATA[source And that is one reason why I do not post any more. There is a real possibility that pessimism will derail and darken my already dreary topic choice inclinations. 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And in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/overpopulation/@pathforger/portending-the-great-smothering</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/overpopulation/@pathforger/portending-the-great-smothering</guid><category><![CDATA[overpopulation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pathforger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 06:01:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEodBkvuo8VZfacnBcuNPq7p5CWPPmyA4DEPQwvijJgVUiZcAWYeMHoC5aLMSZWupidAUKYHWPMgpmfPQi5jfyKUfom2Ji?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Request For You to Support @son-of-satire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Do you believe that anybody deserves a chance? I do... and that includes fellow Steemit users whom I frankly don't personally know. Of the very little I do know it seems that we have opinions that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/community/@pathforger/my-request-for-you-to-support-son-of-satire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/community/@pathforger/my-request-for-you-to-support-son-of-satire</guid><category><![CDATA[community]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pathforger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:27:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5CEvyaAfMXa2NSSLgsLjXse3vQtvsGG44Y21upzfSR15uvnodDRz1Jr833mdfqrGWArBwAVTBuyxoJwki?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Shadow That Looms and Deepens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source There used to be a time when I thought that if I were posed a problem and were given some writing materials, it would take me less than an hour to at least gain ground in positing a solution. In]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@pathforger/a-shadow-that-looms-and-deepens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@pathforger/a-shadow-that-looms-and-deepens</guid><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pathforger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:53:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEzNZ3d6QZZWoVzDfrUSWNSoiUpeUumk6GdyCJs8YLDUyEmKCSZuXbmhkajSjHav3xLLtWSG6zZxkQCTufFd8aYneUbfq6ZhbdU9xPNvKCyKfz97VojYVno3nexigN8D69tmU5jJN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helping the Ailing with Fingers Less Heavy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source A small but important achievement these past couple of days. No I didn't become Patch Adams. Still, a young man has been crying out for attention. He caught my attention. He was/ is depressed -]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@pathforger/helping-the-ailing-with-fingers-less-heavy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@pathforger/helping-the-ailing-with-fingers-less-heavy</guid><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pathforger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 13:02:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyCAwGTdPJUmYY6PZiWcnNjViar8E8uMeU7zMCkAyTgJYvLaoLBvt4bzbjEwgVc3UEPC6VLZ8du9qay9nRJtLV44AvEgCLTMCewNUiirYmC4Ua1Au74pthtnoG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal Update - Still Out of Commission]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source I am still not OK but that is... OK. The World keeps turning without me. It almost feels better off that this be so. I remain bitter and angry - and typing 'anything' about it makes me so tired.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@pathforger/personal-update-still-out-of-commission</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@pathforger/personal-update-still-out-of-commission</guid><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pathforger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 08:08:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkESqYz1RTyPc7UaSom5hy9a7MaeqGzzXSigY4yt2CBfUSsXCxEmABEvWCNx4p5e264Y4iasPK1DCCJPLPQoJLFBupmKAwHFUjFskJ6FLoEStMKSMDcESdVJGZkDh3ZHx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fatigue of Existence.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am running on empty. The depth of the tiredness that I feel is difficult to describe. Its the kind of tiredness that snuffs me out. 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Adolf's brows furrowed deep as his free hand gripped the wrist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@pathforger/the-canvas-of-berlin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@pathforger/the-canvas-of-berlin</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pathforger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 08:43:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrPUjc2D463jcLV5USdLyeCzKChd9Pw9hj4HDaanfgtWUvVnNh6Qw7P5pHLXBUVhLviEte2xAk6zUsqT2F?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shards of Self - A Reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source In a way I suppose that I've always known that it was so. The easiest way to get ahead in life is to be comfortable with getting ahead in life... 25 years earlier. 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Now that I've decided to tone down my ambitions concerning changing this World for the better... the first thing that I feel inspired to write about seems to suggest that I'm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/demockerycy/@pathforger/the-present-of-democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/demockerycy/@pathforger/the-present-of-democracy</guid><category><![CDATA[demockerycy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pathforger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:45:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxuBH7LQmGvAfwwzZtb9b2giteRJV2Ns2y7BGQ24WzRzdFLdNMrguqhzRkdDw8J7CaSB5eESmEti5sjoP1825KuXWsiRcKjkwuYC631tezVdLq4hZyee3NHLwfSUT5j7TwN26nw5aQKp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Prisoner of Circumstance]]></title><description><![CDATA[For some reason I find that words are failing me. Its not that I do not have words. I have plenty. Its that they refuse to come forward. 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